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Minnick, Fred, 1978-

Title Whiskey Women : the Untold Story of How Women Saved Bourbon, Scotch, and Irish Whiskey.

Publication Info.

Dulles : Potomac Books Inc., 2013.

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Rocky Hill - Downloadable Materials	EBSCO Ebook	Downloadable
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Description	1 online resource (236 pages)
Note	Print version record.
Contents	""Cover""; ""Contents""; ""List of Illustrations""; ""A Note to Readers""; ""Introduction""; ""1 Before Whiskey""; ""2 The First Distillations""; ""3 Tough Irish Women""; ""4 Early Scotch Whisky Women""; ""5 Early American Women""; ""6 The Targeted and Early Marketers""; ""7 Temperance Women""; ""8 Women Moonshiners and Bootleggers in Prohibition""; ""9 Repeal Women Saving Whiskey""; ""10 The Post-Prohibition Legal Battles""; ""11 Post-Prohibition Women Bootleggers""; ""12 Whiskey's Progressive Side""; ""13 The Lady of Laphroaig""; ""14 Modern Women""; ""15 Organizing the Whiskey Effort""
	""16 For Women, by Women""""Acknowledgments""; ""Notes""; ""Bibliography""; ""Index""; ""A""; ""B""; ""C""; ""D""; ""E""; ""F""; ""G""; ""H""; ""I""; ""J""; ""K""; ""L""; ""M""; ""N""; ""O""; ""P""; ""Q""; ""R""; ""S""; ""T""; ""U""; ""V""; ""W""; ""Y""; ""Z""
Summary	Shortly after graduating from University of Glasgow in 1934, Elizabeth ""Bessie"" Williamson began working as a temporary secretary at the Laphroaig Distillery on the Scottish island Islay. Williamson quickly found herself joining the boys in the tasting room, studying the distillation process, and winning them over with her knowledge of Scottish whisky. After the owner of Laphroaig passed away, Williamson took over the prestigious company and became the American spokesperson for the entire Scotch whisky industry. Impressing clients and showing her passion as the Scotch Whisky Association's.
Language	English.
Subject	Whiskey industry -- History.
	Whiskey -- History.
	Distillers -- History.
	Businesswomen -- History.
	Women -- History.
	Businesswomen. (OCoLC)fst00843013
	Distillers. (OCoLC)fst00895537
	Whiskey. (OCoLC)fst01174572
	Whiskey industry. (OCoLC)fst01174578
	Women. (OCoLC)fst01176568
Genre/Form	History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
Other Form:	1612345646
ISBN	9781612345659 (electronic book)

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